Causes of diabetes

The New York Times article dated October 16, 2007 gives a lengthy and provocative look at potential causes of diabetes looking more closely at the signals our body cells send and recieve. Intriguing is the possible involvement of bone hormones in the handling of glucose by the body, especially important in type 2 diabetes. Wow, first we learned about the pancreas, then the liver and muscle and until recently fat tissue directing body function and glucose management. Now bone. The closer we think we are getting to a cure the more complicated the picture gets. Righly so.